Thursday, January 21, 2021, 09:38 GMT+7
Debris are seen atop of the building belonging to the Catholic Church affected by a deadly explosion, in Madrid downtown, Spain, January 20, 2021. Photo: Reuters
MADRID At least three people died and eleven were injured on Wednesday afternoon when a building in central Madrid was blown apart by an explosion, with four of the wounded requiring hospitalisation.
All available evidence pointed to the blast in Calle Toledo, a street leading out from the city centre, being caused by a gas leak, Madrid’s Emergency Services said, although the factors which triggered the leak were yet to be determined.
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A DAD-OF-FOUR and an elderly woman are among at least three people killed in a gas explosion near a school in Madrid.
The explosion in the Spanish capital completely tore through the seven-storey building used by priests, leaving the street looking like a war zone.
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Three people have been killed in the blast as emergency services swoop the areaCredit: AFP or licensors
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A police officer and medics gave survivors of the blast treatment on the roadsideCredit: Reuters
Electrician David Santos Munoz, a 35-year-old dad-of-four, was identified as one of the dead, Madrid s Archdiocese said in a tweet.
He had gone to the parish-owned building earlier in the day to lend a hand.
A Catholic priest who was retrieved from the rubble of a Church building in central Madrid that was destroyed by a presumed gas explosion died on Thursday, the Madrid archdiocese said in a statement.
Dublin, Ireland, Jul 20, 2018 / 05:39 am (CNA/EWTN News).- With less than a month to go until Pope Francis visits Dublin for the World Meeting of Families, organizers are moving forward with spiritual preparations as well as the practical, and have called for some 4,000 Eucharistic ministers to serve at the closing Mass.
According to the Archdiocese of Dublin, they are expecting around 500,000 people for the event’s closing Mass in Phoenix Park Aug. 26, which will be celebrated by Pope Francis, who will arrive to Dublin Aug. 25 to close the week-long event.
To ensure all attendees have access to communion at Mass, the archdiocese sent an appeal July 17 for some 4,000 Eucharistic ministers – whether they be priests, religious, consecrated or laity – who have already been trained and assist with the distribution of communion in their home parishes.